This season’s collection opens with Donatella Versace’s ocean-inspired cocktail dress, reimagined as a coconut darquoise and mango confit encased with exotic fruit mousse, topped with a shimmering sugar starfish for a final flourish. Moschino’s show was a memorable spectacle with 40 looks scaled down to fit string puppets, with an Anna Wintour puppet sitting on the front row. The Berkeley pastry team pays homage with a vanilla biscuit intricately iced, complete with iconic signature sunglasses and sharp bob.
Tod’s neon tote bag is a citrus Victoria sponge, glazed with acid-lime icing, sandwiched between florescent green Valrhona chocolate Ivoire. Valentino’s vivid green printed gown is depicted as a pistachio bavarois with Amerena cherry, set on a pistachio croquant and finished with a sugar lily.
Three designers appear in Prêt-à-Portea this season for the very first time: Paris-based Isabel Marant with her high shine, disco-inspired purple ensemble as an almond sponge with a beriolette jelly centre, glazed in glittering purple and topped with a matching chocolate bow. US label LoveShackFancy’s playful striped two-piece embellished with strawberry motifs appears as a Joconde sponge in a trio of colours, topped with a glossy strawberry made of (naturally) strawberry and rhubarb cheesecake.
Finally, the season’s most epic piece is Halpern’s feather couture mini gown. This showstopper appears as a cake designed to share – a light financier cake with raspberry compote complete with Amatika chocolate dome with praline crunch, and topped with grue de cacao. Black wafer legs sit akimbo on top.
Commenting on his latest collection Executive Pastry Chef Mourad Khiat, said, ‘Every season we study each and every fashion show looking for the stand out looks that we can then magic into cakes for our fashion-obsessed guests. The September Spring Summer shows – of course – looked a little different due to the global pandemic, but the designers still managed to inspire and dazzle in new and imaginative ways. We can’t wait to welcome guests back to The Berkeley and hope that the sheer fantasy of catwalk fashion will delight those returning for Prêt-à-Portea.’
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The Spring-Summer season of Prêt-à-Portea runs from Monday 17th May 2021 and is served from 1pm – 5.30pm every day, priced from £60 per person.
To make a reservation for Prêt-à-Portea call +44 (0)20 7107 8866 or visit the website.